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As the title says. Would this work on 40k plastic?

Thinking about painting tau this way. Just curious how it looks with shades and nuln oils if anyone has used chrome before.

Unless you try you never know, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't though....

With the right primer first, sure.

It's really hard to get a "chromed" look right with paint at that scale though. If you know what you are doing, it's doable, though.

GW used to do shop trophies by 'chroming' space marines. The paint tended to look a bit thick, blocking up some of the details.
You'll need a gloss black primer usually which can also be a bit thick - check the can as they normally say what to use but it shouldn't chemically interact with the plastic mini.

You can also vacuum metallise plastics (the usual way it's done for toys).

Certain FX companies have figured out ways to metallise flexible rubbers, too (Bucky Barnes' bionic arm in the Marvel movies is foamed urethane that was metallised).